TY - JOUR
T1 - Cost-effectiveness of early intervention in first-episode psychosis
T2 - economic evaluation of a randomised controlled trial (the OPUS study)
AU - Hastrup, Lene Halling
AU - Kronborg, Christian
AU - Bertelsen, Mette
AU - Jeppesen, Pia
AU - Jorgensen, Per
AU - Petersen, Lone
AU - Thorup, Anne
AU - Simonsen, Erik
AU - Nordentoft, Merete
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Background: Information about the cost-effectiveness of early intervention programmes for first-episode psychosis is limited. Aims: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of an intensive earlyintervention programme (called OPUS) (trial registration NCT00157313) consisting of enriched assertive community treatment, psychoeducational family treatment and social skills training for individuals with first-episode psychosis compared with standard treatment. Method: An incremental cost-effectiveness analysis of a randomised controlled trial, adopting a public sector perspective was undertaken. Results: The mean total costs of OPUS over 5 years (€123 683, s.e. = 8970) were not significantly different from that of standard treatment (€148 751, s.e. = 13073). At 2-year followup the mean Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score in the OPUS group (55.16, s.d. = 15.15) was significantly higher than in standard treatment group (51.13, s.d. = 15.92). However, the mean GAF did not differ significantly between the groups at 5-year follow-up (55.35 (s.d. = 18.28) and 54.16 (s.d. = 18.41), respectively). Cost-effectiveness planes based on non-parametric bootstrapping showed that OPUS was less costly and more effective in 70% of the replications. For a willingness-to-pay up to e50 000 the probability that OPUS was cost-effective was more than 80%. Conclusions: The incremental cost-effectiveness analysis showed that there was a high probability of OPUS being cost-effective compared with standard treatment.
AB - Background: Information about the cost-effectiveness of early intervention programmes for first-episode psychosis is limited. Aims: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of an intensive earlyintervention programme (called OPUS) (trial registration NCT00157313) consisting of enriched assertive community treatment, psychoeducational family treatment and social skills training for individuals with first-episode psychosis compared with standard treatment. Method: An incremental cost-effectiveness analysis of a randomised controlled trial, adopting a public sector perspective was undertaken. Results: The mean total costs of OPUS over 5 years (€123 683, s.e. = 8970) were not significantly different from that of standard treatment (€148 751, s.e. = 13073). At 2-year followup the mean Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score in the OPUS group (55.16, s.d. = 15.15) was significantly higher than in standard treatment group (51.13, s.d. = 15.92). However, the mean GAF did not differ significantly between the groups at 5-year follow-up (55.35 (s.d. = 18.28) and 54.16 (s.d. = 18.41), respectively). Cost-effectiveness planes based on non-parametric bootstrapping showed that OPUS was less costly and more effective in 70% of the replications. For a willingness-to-pay up to e50 000 the probability that OPUS was cost-effective was more than 80%. Conclusions: The incremental cost-effectiveness analysis showed that there was a high probability of OPUS being cost-effective compared with standard treatment.
U2 - 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.112300
DO - 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.112300
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23174515
SN - 0007-1250
VL - 202
SP - 35
EP - 41
JO - British Journal of Psychiatry
JF - British Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -